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T. W. BARTHOLOMEW.

REVOLVING AIR TOY.

VPaten'ed Feb.27,1883.

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REVOLVING AIR TOY.

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REVOLVING AIR-TOY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 272,846, dated February 27, 1883.

Application tiled January 10, 1883.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, T. W. BARTHOLOMEW, a citizen ot' the United States, residing at Danville, in the county ot' Montour and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Revolving Air-Toys, of which the following is a specitication.

My invention relates toimprovcmentsin that class of toys known asrevolvingair-toys,and it is intended to be placed over a gas-burner or lamp, or on a-mantel, shelf, or any article of furniture. The ornaments ot' the toy will revolve by the ordinary ascending currents of warm air found in any room. By making some slight changes, which I have provided for, it may be hung from the ceiling or from a chandelier. l attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings. y

Figure l is a perspective view of the entire toy in working order. Fig. 2 is a View of a small-eyed rod of wire to be used in place 0f. the wire stem E, when it is desired to separate the toyiuto two parts. Fig. 3 shows the method of attachment to a gas-burner. Fig. 4 shows a form of a wire weight used to rest on the end of the-foot of the base when the toy is to be used upon a gas-globe. Fig.5 isa detailed view ofthe upper part of the frame. Fig. Gis the base and central pivot, shown separately in elevation. Fig. 7 is an enlarged view of the wings of revolving ornament, showing,r method of making up when the wings are made of mica. This is shown also in Fig. 9. Fig. 8 is a section of one of the glass or metal caps upon which the revolving ornaments are lixed. These caps in turn revolve upon wire pivots. Fig. 9 is a sectional view of the method of attaching the metal center to the mica wings, shown also in Fig. 7 in plan view. Fig. 10 is a plan view of one ol' the revolving ornaments iiattened out just as they are cut fi om the sheet metal. Only one wing is shown perforated. The dotted lines a2 indicate the lines upon which the wings are bent down. e

In Fig. 1, F is the foot of the stem E, which slides over the base H, held in place by the spring of the, bent wire ot' which this base or u support El is made. The stem E is made of three strands ofwire twisted together. These wires separate at about half the height of the ornaments, two of the wires-branching ontin (No model.)

opposite directions into two arms, P P, vwhich project from the stem E, at first horizontally, and finally turn up vertically and end in asharp point. The. third wire rises vertically,E/. This arrangement is best shown in Fig. 6,1919 representing the vertical part of P P.

N- (best shown in Fig. 5) is the upper trapezoidal or lozengefshaped support or frame of the toy, composed ot' two wires, uniting at n in a sharpened wire pivot, passing through a. dat metal sleeve, f, and then branching out into the two irregularly-bent but symmetrical arms P P, which terminate in the vertical pointed portions p p.

A A are revolvingornaments or small windmills, madc of glass, metal, or mica.I These are best shown in Figs. 7 and 10.

a a are the wings; a a', openings or perforatons; a2 a?, lines indicating lines of liexure in bending the llat blank into shape; a3, a central hole to allow of insertion of a hollow metal or glass cap, d, which acts as a bearing. C is another and more ornamental form ot' cap.

B B are simply glass balls used as ornaments; b b and e e, ornamental pendants, ot' glass or metal. Incase the ornaments or wi ndmills are of mica, a different method of forming them is best. This is shown iu Fig. 7. a a are the mica wings; m, the metal center-piece with the hole a3. ter-piece m are passed through slits cut transversel)- in the mica wing a. and then bent against the wingson the undersideand tightly clamped, as shown in section, Fig. 9.

Theends of the metal cen- The cap. which' may be made of either glass or metal, is a tube with a hemispherical top, open and flanged at the bottom,'as shown at d. This cap is pushed through the opening or hole in the center of the wing a3, and the wings rest'upon the projecting tlange.. This cap is the bearing for the revolving ornaments, and rests upon the wire pivots p p and p p', which are the terminals of the arms P Pand P' P'.

The base His made of thick wire, bent somewhat in the shape of a hair-pin, the upper end ofthe hair-pin h being bent over slightly,and the ltwo prongs h' It so bent as to forni notches, which will enable it to rest rmly upon a gia-ss shade, when it is found necessary to support the toy in that manner. t

The bent wireweight L is used to hold the ICO foot or base H to the globe. When the toy is so supported the weight is placed across the base H at 7L h.

Gr in Fig. 3 is a collar or clamp for attaching the toy to an ordinary gas-burner, I. In this case the foot ot the stem F must be straight.

g is a set-screw for clamping the collar upon the burner.

K is a wire used to insert through the sleeve fwhen it is desirable to separate the toy into two parts. It acts as an axis for the ventral revolving` ornament, C. The central ornamen t, C,'has an expansive metal sleeve, which connects the glass cap and the Wings together. The ornaments B b are attached to a small bent wire, with a ring in the middle of it, which rests upon the top revolving ornament. The winged ornaments are reversihle--that is, they may be placed upon the caps with the wings pointing either up or down. The v will be found to revolve either way.

The toy may be suspended from the ceiling by means of a wire or cord attached to the wire frame which holds the ornaments.

This air-toy can be made of any number of moving and lixed ornaments and pendants. Some of the ornaments lare interchangeable, and the Wings may be more or less than four, and perforated dii'erently or not perforated at all. The wings may be of either metal,glass,

-or mica, and in case the toy is not intended for use over a gas-burner or lamp it may even be made of card-board. In this case the cap could be of wood.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure b v Letters Patent, 1S-

l. The foot or base II, having its ends bent to form rests for supporting upon glass gasglobes. the. twisted stem E, bent as shown,the arms P and P', and the trapezoidal or lozengeshaped frame of wire, N, capable of being removed, in combination with the revolving or naments A and the fixed ornaments and pendants B b C.

2. In a revolving air-toy, the stem or frame of' two or more wires twisted together, E,hav ing a foot, F, bent doubly so as to firmly grasp the base H, in combination with the arms P- P', bent upright at pp, and the central wire, E, substantially as shown and described.

3. In a revolving air-toy, the frame ot' wire, N,consistingotatrapezoidalorlozenge-shaped portion with a vertical terminal wire acting as a pivot, the friction-sleevef, and the arms .P Pp p. substantially as shown and described.

4. The revolving ornament/A, consisting of two, three, four, or more wings, so designed as to be cut out ot' fiat material and afterward bent into a cup shape, in combination with a hollow metal or glass cap, d, having a hemispherical top and an open-mouthed anged bottom, d@

5. A revolving 'ornament constructed ot wings of mica held together b v a cross-shaped metal center, m, the arms of which are inserted through slits in the wings a,and tirmly clamped against the under side of those wings.

In combination with a revolvingair-toy, the sleeve G and set-screw g, for attaching to a gas-burner.

In witness whereotl I have hereunto set my hand.

THOMAS W. BARTHGLOMEW. Witnesses:

ROBERT ADAMS, Gao. M. KLNN. 

